Question

1968 has been called one of the most turbulent years of the century. List the key events that shaped and shocked America in 1968.

Answer 1

Answer:

1968 was a turning point in U.S. history, a year of triumphs and tragedies, social and political upheavals, that forever changed our country.  In the air, America reached new heights with NASA’s Apollo 8 orbiting the moon and Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet’s first flight.  However, all was not well on the ground: the country lost a Navy intelligence ship (USS Pueblo) and two proponents of peace—Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Other events that made history that year include the Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive, riots in Washington, DC, the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1968, and heightened social unrest over the Vietnam War, values, and race.

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